Esker Strengthens R&D to Address Complete
Cloud Computing Solutions Offering
September 20, 2010 08:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
MADISON, Wis.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Esker, the leader in document process automation solutions,
announced today that it is strengthening its Research and Development (R&D) team to respond to the growth of its
on-demand solutions offering. Esker will consolidate its automation solutions under the three cloud computing
models: Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
This month, six new employees will join Esker’s R&D team and an additional dozen new hires are planned for by the
end of the year, bringing the total R&D staff up to 70. These new team members will focus primarily on
development, software quality testing and on-demand platform operation.
“We are one of the first software vendors capable of offering automation integrating the three layers of cloud
computing – software, infrastructure and platform solutions. With over 50 percent growth in the past five years, these
on-demand services are very popular with companies and represent 40 percent of our sales revenue. The objective
behind the strengthening of our R&D team is to be able to better respond to our customers’ needs. Reinforcing
R&D is also part of our development strategy,” explained Jean-Michel Bérard, CEO and President of the Board of
Directors, Esker.
An offer encompassing the three facets of cloud computing
Esker delivers a 100 percent cloud computing automation solution to worldwide customers based on its own
technology, infrastructure and platforms. Based on a pay-as-you-use model, these SaaS, IaaS and PaaS solutions
enable companies to automate processing of their on-demand documents (customer invoices, vendor invoices, bank
statements, collection letters, paychecks, and marketing and sales documents) without investing in expensive
hardware or software.
l Software as a Service (SaaS): over 3,000 companies use Esker on D